Emergency attachment for broken hubs



J an. 2, 1923. 1,440,736;

g Y 1. W. HEYER.

' EMERGENCY ATTACHMENT FOR BROKEN HUBS.

FILED SEPT. 26, 1922.

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JOSEPH W. HEYER, 0F KINGMAN, ARIZONA.

EMERGENCY ATTACHMENT FOR BRQKEN HUBS.

Application iiled September 26, 1922. Seria] No. 590,729.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, Josnrrr W.l Hnrnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kingman, in the county of Mohave and State of Arizona, have invented certain new and useiaul Improvements in Emergency Attachments 'for Broken Hubs; and l do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in automobile accessories and has for its object to provide a simple and efcient device whereby a driving connection'may be established between the rear wheel and its hub, in case this hub should break loose from the hub plate at the inner side oi? the wheel. With machines or" the present day types, whenever the hub is broken from the spoke engaging plate at the inner side ont the wheel, said hub will spin idly within the inner and outer plates and the spokes and will not drive the wheel, but by the provision of my invention, an effective driving connection is established.

fith the foregoing in view, the invention resides in the novel subject matter hereinafter described and ciaimed, the description being supplemented by the accompanying drawings. y

Figure l is a side elevation of an automobile wheel equipped with my invention.

Figure 2 is a horizontal section partly in elevation.

In the drawings above briefly described, the numeral l designates the spokes ot an ordinary automobile wheel, 2 has reference to a driving hub surrounded by the spokes, and the numerals 3 and l refer to the usual inner and outer plates which surround the hub and clamp the spokes l in place. While the plate 3v is integral with the hub 2, the rough lines 5 indicate in Fig. 2 that it has been broken from said hub, which would permit the latter' to turn freely within the spokes and the two plates 3 and 4i, without driving the wheel. lhen such an emergency occurs, I merely remove the ordinary hub cap (not shown) and substitute myinvention which is clamped upon the hub and secured also to the spokes.

The numeral 6 designates a relatively;

wide and flaring plate having a comparatively thick integral hub-like portion 7 at its inner end provided with an opening 8 to receive the threaded outer end of the hub .2 which usually engages the hub cap, the wall of the opening being `threaded jfor engagement with the threads ot the hub. The hub portion 7 of the plate 6 is split as indicated at 9 and a bolt l0 passes through the integral ears il at op` posite sides ot the split, so that said portion 7 may be tightly clamped aroundy the hub. The outer end of the plate 6 which terminates intermediate the radius of the wheel. but closer to the hub portion than the rim portion thereof .is provided with a pair oi lil-bolts or other suitable means l2 for clamping it to one or more of the wheel spokes. lt will thus be seen that driving of the hub in turn drives the plate 6 and the latter drives the wheel. Thus, the machine can be safely driven to a place at which it may be adequately repaired.

As excellent results have been obtained from the details disclosed, they are preterably 4followed, but within the scope of the invention as claimed, numerous minor changes maybe made.

l claim:

plate extending from the peripheral portion oi the aforesaid part at a point substantially diametrically opposite the ears for extending radially of a wheel from the hub portion thereof towards the rim portion, said plate being integral with said part and l being oiiset between its ends and means for vsecuring the Ytree end portion oi' said plate to the spokes of a wheel intermediate the radius thereof but closer to the hub portion of the wheel than the rim portion thereof, and a plurality oi- -liasteningdevices on the last named ends oi' the plate for connection to the spokes.

In testimony whereof havel hereunto i atiiired my signature.

JOSEPH W. HEYER. 

